Vehicle-wheel.



L. R.'NUTTING.

VEHICLE WHEEL APPLIUATION FILED s311120, 101s.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

WITNESSES:

l y V64/ ATTORNEY mmwr with at@ (L mm1 strut. being con kim. wma m ".5 in 1mm-0 t, 1 may be comm-lm@ 1 b mough mm1-y a heavy 10mi :md Vonk@ an@ Y l by hs Uhr; x d narrower u, vfmi l l''em @fum- M, A; dispos mriny of the wbr-d. @nah have me @n Seemed d (me of 'dm o's 19, 19 and the other' and se ammi to the rim 5 of the wheel am@ me adjused in such manner hx; Hwy are normnUy wut and tend o resist raave movemm; of th rim and hub in :my (lecion l :md two of Sufh mansion springs with ihcz fom* msm'ifcf sbtut members, 7, 85 9 nd 10 form a1 unit; or Spoi'r'e Gf the whee, 21H of the wvmsz moms; of the, wheel being construct- 1r? in the same mmm?.

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une Conby dipsdanced hubnf and beben nds and 'a 6330i" 28 pro- W auch m1 ma she rim i and The acion Qi? e Springs .in chi.i

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ma consequent'contraction vof the springs 24 that are beloWsuch central axis of the wheel @reinbefor'e desci ed. y

4-there will occur-a scissors like movement of.

-illustrated in igli, being similar to the action of the sprin Vin the device of 1 The operationof my spring-wheelfmafv beiA readily understood from-an inspection o' the drawings-and Amay be described as follows: The sprinvs 24,-24- are referably of such strength that they ,'shall) be affected very slightly4 by the weight of the vehicle when traveling over a smooth roadbed but should vthe wheel l'enco inter-an obstacle as a bumpin the roadbedthen the wheel-will be given.

e. quick upwardithrust while the hub which carries a portion 'of the-weight ofthe vehicle will resist bein'g.moved upward and hence the several strut'members of the wheel and i an extension of the springs 24 that-are above the horizontal central axis of the wheel andl "i and the lower periphery of the Wheel will 'be permitted by the movement of the strut members and' springs to moveupwardly Without raising the hub should it encounter i a bump in the roadbed thus preventing a sudden 'arv to the vehicle. In a reverse manner-ift e wheel of the vehicleshould drop into a rut or depression in the roadbed-then the hub of the Wheel to which is secured the axle of the vehicle would be caused to drop doWnWardl but' such hub and axle would be prevented roml beingabruptly stoppediby 'the springs 24 which would yield to ease the jar-that would otherwise result from encountering such rut, the splrlngs above the central lhorizontal axis of t e Wheel acting under tension-'and those beloW- the central horizon- 'tal axis acting under compression.

Manifiestly various other forms of springs that are. Well known mechanical equivalents v of helical springs may be substituted. for the helical springs herein illustrated and de- '1. A spring `Wheel comprising. al rim having inwardly-extending lugs, a hub, and

spoke units each consisting of apair of 4crossed struts pivotally 'secured to said hubV at their -inner ends, and a' second Ycrossed struts pivotally-secured att eir '1nair of Aner ends to the outer ends of the hub struts and at their outer ends Ito said lugs, and

springs connecting the struts to the wheel rlm, 'each ofsaid struts being Aformed from a single 'strip of metal bent upon itself to pro- `vide parallel side bars having a double thickness of metal at their `inner ends, and a transverse brace connecting said side bars.

2. Ina spring wheel, the comblnatlon wlth a hub, a. rim, and spring me1nbers,vof struts' each fox-niedfroin a' U-shaped strip of metal, the sides of which are bent outward and then into parallel relation'to provide side bars, the connecting portions of the U-shapcd strips constituting transverse braces for the struts.

In witness` whereof, I, hereunto subscribe my name this 0th day of September A. D.,

LUCIUS R. NUITING. Witness s: ,I J. rGArjrNnY, FRANK Thurn-in. 

